Fish cancelled all production on Fez II last weekend, and announced his departure from the games industry following continued abuse on Twitter. At the time, Fish wrote, "To be clear, I'm not cancelling Fez II because some boorish f*** said something stupid. I'm doing it to get out of games." According to Cliffy B, this was the wrong decision.

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You don’t owe a damned thing to any gaming journalist [...] You DO owe a great product to your community, something I hope you’ll resume doing some time in the near future.

"Never underestimate the intestinal fortitude of the anonymous loser hiding behind a monitor and his or her ability to sling vitriol at someone who willingly puts themselves out there," he wrote. "Never forget that the internet can be a fantastic thing, but it can also be fantastically dumb.

"You don’t owe a damned thing to any gaming journalist [...] You DO owe a great product to your community, something I hope you’ll resume doing some time in the near future. The industry needs people like you to speak with their hearts before their brains because I’m tired of hearing the PR approved appropriate response. I’m tired of games that feel like they’ve been developed by focus groups or clueless executives going 'Hey that Call of Duty is big, we need one of those!'

"Besides, at the end of the day, that cycle of community feedback and crafting that big fireball is entirely too addictive. Come back, Phil," he concluded. "We miss you already. Maybe I’ll be right behind you, returning with Adamantium skin."